Telegram-herald., 1887-08-25
THE RACING MATINEE
some SPORT AT THe FAIR eRoUNos
a large Attead.see sas COnsiasEsbA, Ex-
sitsnssBt-AB faeHsefaxl AEgsDpt
10 Defesk HsRry Pulssr's
PAGER by kauk Dscisioas-

The racing matinee a. the fair grounds
yesterday afternoon Vas the most success
f1i OF the season beth in the way Of attend
aace and the character Of the sport. Nearly
fye hundred people were present. includ-
ing over hundred ladies' The weather
vas too cool 70 be altogether pleasant and
there was quite stiff breeze. bat the races
were good and nearly al were well satisfied
with the sport.
The nrss race on the programme Was the
fres-lOr-all tTOt. nile heats. best two IA
three. With three entries. but M Bldlocks ;
"bulO' failed 70 put Ia al appearance, leay-
ing the contest between George Chsdwick's
Marshall y. F" and William Sharps Dee
orator" The former drew the pole and
won the Irst heat IN 2341. Decorator
could have taken the second had he been
driven 10 win, but as.he had lost one his
oriyer did not wish 70 prol0ng the race and
allowed Marshall b." TO take the heat
driving just fast enough % make him DO
bis level best. The second was a very pref
~ heat the horses trOtting close together
without a skip and coming IN almost even.
with the winner under the whip. Time,
2.544.
The pacing race had four entries. but Mr..
Herrington's John L" was drawn and
Amos Rathbun's Niger" Henry Pnlyer's
ice T." and M. NJ. Morses George L.
drew positions in the order named. IL was
half mile heats, three in five. "Nigger"
won the first heat with the other two even
for second place. Joe p" won the second
heat by neck, but the judges declared it
dead heat, showing that they were bound
10 do Mr.. Pulver Dy favoring "Nigger.
Joe r." was nearly length ahead a. the
start. and some OF the spectators accounted
for the action OF the Judges by saying,
They think il is scrub running race
and are judging tops and bottoms" Joe
p" acted badly in the third heat and came
in last, George l." second and "Nigger"
an easy winner. In the fourth Joe p"
struck his gait again and won, Niger"
second. George L." behind. The latter
then went TO the harm, and as the other two
scored for the fifth heat "Nigger" had the
best oft. The starter said come back"
but the drivers did not understand him.
us il a go?' ssked Miles Norton, Joe Ps"
driver. "Yes; come on" said Mr.. Rathbun,
and away they went, but in going
around the turn "Nigger" went off his
feet, and then Rathbnn wanted 10 quit. 1t
was then Norton's turn to cry 'Come Onl"
and he led to the finish, and claimed the
heat. He had fairly won the heat and race.
There was great excitement among the
hackers of the horses. Among whom con-
siderable not altogether friendly feeling ex-
listed over the two-hundred.dollar race of
last week. in which ''Joe p" defeated Mig
ger" The judges finally concluded to call
the race . draw and declare all bets of, and
then they requested the reporters to say
that such decision was made because the
judges thought the race was fixed" Time.
1:164; TIA: 1:141; LII, and 1:18.
The 2:il trOt was to have been sevens
eighths OF a mile, heats two in three. but il
was changed to half-mile heats. and all the
entries, Mr.. Chadwick's Trio" DIETER
known as "The Milk Peddler"), c. G..
Crofoot's kate Dawson" Mr.. Lincoln's
''Mollis Miller" and Miles Norton's Ruby
started with positions as named. Kate
Dawson" won the first heat, Trio" the
second and Kate Dawson" the third.
Time, l:17, 1:19, aud LOO.